The Ablution and the Full Ritual Bath for Major Ritual Impurity, and Which Comes First

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Do you see?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Major ritual impurity requires the full ritual bath. Does the ablution come before the full ritual bath or after it?

The Shaykh:
What is the impurity?

The questioner:
Major ritual impurity requires the full ritual bath. So, does the ablution…?

The Shaykh:
Who were they?

The questioner:
It requires the full ritual bath.

The Shaykh:
Yes, that is right, it necessitates the full ritual bath. It necessitates the full ritual bath. Major ritual impurity necessitates the full ritual bath; it is not that it requires the full ritual bath?

The questioner:
So is the ablution before the full ritual bath or after it?

The Shaykh:
Major ritual impurity necessitates both: it necessitates the full ritual bath and it necessitates the ablution. Whatever necessitates a full ritual bath necessitates an ablution. One begins with the ablution. The recommended practice is to begin with the ablution and then perform the full ritual bath. This is the recommended practice and what is encouraged.